City of Glass by Paul Auster and In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje are two completely different novels that have certain features in common. Both novels are postmodernist fiction and they both evolve around a big city with a main character that is in search of his identity. Quinn‚ the main character in City of Glass‚ is an author who takes on different identities while he at the same time goes on a quest for his own identity. This is a postmodernist element which has to do with the postmodernist
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century‚ it was not until the middle of the twentieth that one witnesses the explosion of literature‚ criticism‚ art‚ culture‚ architecture‚ and virtually everything nameable discipline‚ that would make heavy use‚ willingly or not‚ of the term postmodernism. There are conflicting accounts as to the origin of the term‚ Toybee has been suggested as has Ihab Hassan‚ Federico de Onis‚ Fredic Jamison and no doubt others. The answer to the question‚ who was it that first used the term is much less important
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Zayn El Hajji First Year Writing Professor Bodenrader The Replication of Everything Replication‚ reproduction‚ repetition‚ it is all the same in the end. Postmodernism was defined by its use of replication and reproduction to show the dehumanization of the mass production capitalistic world. David Foster Wallace writes in the book A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll never do again “The apotheosis of the pop in postwar art marked a whole new marriage between high and low culture. For the artistic
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The emergence and proliferation of feminist‚ multiethnic‚ multicultural‚ and postcolonial literature since the 1970s is the most dramatic and significant manifestation of the de-centering and de-marginalization defining both postmodernity and postmodernism 7. Postmodern literature arose after World War II as a series of reactions against the perceived norms of modernist literature. 8. Postmodern writers include: Kurt Vonnegut‚ Joseph Heller‚ David Foster Wallace 9. a time marked by
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Aesthetics of the postmodern architecture is by nature; inspired and‚ intrinsically‚ and quintessentiallyrepresentativewithreferenceto the Pompidou centre Introduction If one were to look at some characteristics of postmodern architecture‚ or just postmodernism in general‚ a common component would be part of declining - by rejection‚ I mean‚ the rejection of thecorrectmindset which modernist thinkers‚ or in this case‚ modernist architects employed and/or attempted to convey. Abstract I will examine the
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Wal-Mart utilizes modernism in the companies culture‚ roles‚ goals‚ ability to change‚ and conflict management. The two perspectives can are necessary for a company to become competitive in the retail markets. Thus‚ the evidence concludes that the postmodernism is more effective for organizational development of the two‚ for various kinds of business developments. Finally‚ Wal-Mart practices the modernism and post modernism perspective to have a competitive advantage. Organizational
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Representations (etchings) Early model of the catch penny is designed to be consumed in a few moments. These early models remain until this day (advertising). Provides an influence for a large amount of people. Representations allow ordinary people to experience what they couldn’t originally. They invent opportunities to experience special occasions (royal weddings for instance) Walter Benjamin German critique 1930s Images allow the reader to take in a large amount of information without
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mindset of today’s world. For evangelism to be effective in the lives of the postmodern‚ the context of the postmodern and Christian beliefs must be bridged together at an intellectual‚ spiritual‚ and relational level. To understand the context of postmodernism‚ a person must start with the intellectual shifts in culture that influenced postmodern thinking. Such significant shifts in postmodern thought include the popularization of the death of God movement‚ religious pluralism‚ the power to inform through
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other combining to define the nature of modern consumerism. True.. 4- Astrology cannot serve as a useful guide to an understanding of the social and cultural word. False‚ it can serve as a guide to that. 5- What is needed is sociology of postmodernism‚ not a postmodern sociology True‚ as Mike Featherstone has said. 6- The author suggests that it is our interests or hobbies that define us. False‚ the author says that if you have some particular hobbies then you can meet people with similar
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BookRags Literature Criticism Critical Essay by John Fekete For the online version of BookRags’ Critical Essay by John Fekete Literature Criticism‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/criticism/cyberpunk_01/ Copyright Information ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale‚ a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2000-2011 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Critical Essay by John Fekete SOURCE: "The Post-Liberal Mind/Body‚ Postmodern
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